WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1044 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TACONICS IN NEW
YORK...THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT...AND THE
BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS...UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT
IN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
MPH. CHANNELED FLOW IN SOME AREAS MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY HIGHER
GUSTS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON SUNDAY MORNING AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT STARTS TO WEAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR
WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT.
PERIODS OF SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY
ABOVE 1000 FEET. IN THESE REGIONS...AN ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION OF
UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE LESS A HALF AN INCH. FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY LIGHT RAIN
OR DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE
FREEZING.
A LARGE AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE UPPER MIDWEST
WILL MOVE LITTLE OVERNIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN...AND MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT. IN THE
MEANTIME...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE DELMARVA
REGION WILL HEAD NORTHEAST TONIGHT.
TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA
SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS AS ROADWAYS
WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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